Realty, banking stocks help Sensex gain 104 pts

Realty, banking stocks help Sensex gain 104 pts

MUMBAI, July 12: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex touched the 18,000-level on Monday and ended higher by 104 points than its previous close.

After crossing the 18,000 points level during the day, the Sensex eased on profit-booking to close 103.66 points higher at 17,937.20, led by blue chip stocks in the realty, banking and information technology segments.

Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty hit the 5,400 points level and closed 30.55 points higher at 5,383.

Tenuous calm in Srinagar, Kashmir Valley as curfew continues

Tenuous calm in Srinagar, Kashmir Valley as curfew continues

Srinagar, July 8: A tenuous peace prevailed in Srinagar and the Kashmir Valley with no major incident of violence reported on Thursday, as the army conducted flag marches for the second day to enforce the indefinite curfew imposed after several deaths when security forces fired on violent protesters.

“There was no relaxation in the indefinite curfew that was imposed here on Wednesday. People stayed indoors and the law and order situation was under control throughout the Valley,” a senior police officer told IANS on Thursday evening. “The curfew was imposed to protect civilian life and property from the designs of anti-social elements and it will not remain in force a minute longer than it is required,” he added.

Despite weak market, Reliance Communications scrip ends higher

Despite weak market, Reliance Communications scrip ends higher

Mumbai, June 7: Bucking the general gloomy trend, the shares of Reliance Communications closed significantly higher on Indian bourses on Monday, a day after its board approved a 26 per cent equity sale to a strategic investor. The shares of the telecom major, led by billionaire industrialist Anil Ambani, which had closed at Rs.168.15 on Friday, ended on Monday at Rs.175.90, up 4.61 per cent. It had touched the day’s high of Rs.179 at one point, but shed ground due to profit taking.

This was the only scrip, apart from ACC, among the 30 stocks of the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that ended in the green. ACC ended 0.91 percent higher at Rs.848.50. In sharp contrast, the Sensex had a provisional ending at 16,781.07 points, down 336.62 points, or 1.97 per cent, over the previous close at 17,117.69 points, data with the exchange showed.

Rear Admiral killed in ‘accidental firing’

Rear Admiral killed in ‘accidental firing’

Kochi/New Delhi, July 7: One of the seniormost commanders of the Indian Navy, Rear Admiral SS Jamwal, was killed in ‘accidental firing’ on Wednesday in a gunnery school close to the headquarters of the Southern Naval Command in Kerala’s Kochi city, an officer said.

“I regret to inform that Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command, Rear Admiral SS Jamwal, died in accidental firing at INS Dronacharya today (Wednesday),” navy spokesman Commander PVS Satish told IANS in New Delhi.

Satish said the circumstances leading to the accidental firing during a small arms training session on a firing range and the death of the 51-year-old officer were being investigated. In Kochi, Commodore MR Ajaya Kumar, naval officer in charge Kerala, told reporters that a bullet from Jamwal’s pistol hit him at around 10.30 am when he was training a batch of 24 trainers.